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Healing Through Song: When Worship Stays With You
- cindydockendorff
- Oct 15
- 3 min read
Some songs don’t end when the music stops.
They echo through tears, through silence, through memories of a shared sacred moment. That’s what happened on Friday evening at interMISSION 2025. It wasn’t just another worship set; it was a healing experience that crossed cultures, languages, and personal wounds.
“The Friday evening music was unbelievable. So beautiful!”
From the first chord, something felt different. The worship leaders didn’t just lead songs. They invited us into a shared story of joy, lament, and hope. The room wasn’t filled with performers or spectators but a community of worshippers, each bringing their own burdens, gratitude, and longing for God.
Familiar, Yet Fresh
There’s something profoundly comforting about familiar hymns like “How Great Thou Art” and “Be Thou My Vision”. And yet, when those same hymns are given a new rhythm or a surprising harmony, something stirs.
“Their selections of familiar hymns with an upbeat rendition brought joy to my soul and tears to my eyes.”
These weren’t performances for applause. They were offerings. And in that moment, many of us were moved not just by the sound but by the story those sounds told.
Worship That Crosses Borders
At interMISSION, every element pointed to the global Church. But it was through the worship that the distance between continents seemed to collapse. When we sang together — people from different nations, cultures, and generations — we became something more than the sum of our parts.
“It was really good to hear stories from around the world. The worship was very good, very worshipful.”
This year, songs were sung not just in English but in Arabic, woven together with care, reverence, and joy. It reminded us that God's praise is not bound by tongue or tone. The Spirit speaks fluently in every language.
Sometimes the most powerful form of unity is shared song especially when the lyrics remind us that God is near to the brokenhearted, that Christ stands with the suffering, and that the Spirit is present even when words fail.
That’s what happened when we worshipped together. Worship became a bridge between sorrow and joy, between strangers and friends, between heaven and earth.
Healing Through Harmony
There’s no denying the emotional undercurrent in the room. For many, the worship stirred unspoken griefs or unhealed wounds. For others, it reminded them of home or what they’d left behind. And for some, it simply gave permission to feel.
Sometimes healing doesn’t begin with a sermon. Sometimes it begins with a melody, a lyric, a stillness between verses. interMISSION was full of those moments.
There were tears, not just because of sadness but because of beauty, because when something is deeply true, our bodies respond. We cry. We sing louder. We close our eyes and let the words do their work.
Because in that moment, we’re not just singing about healing. We’re experiencing it.
Worship That Lingers
Even now, months later, those moments are still with us. Certain refrains come back unexpectedly, a harmony resurfaces while folding laundry or walking in silence, and we remember: we were there and God met us in the music.
This is what good worship does. It doesn't demand attention; it invites transformation. It lingers. It heals. It reminds us of who God is and who we are in Him.
That’s the kind of worship we experienced at interMISSION. And that’s why we’re still talking about it.
What Worship Moment Are You Holding On To?
Maybe it was a verse sung in Arabic that made you recognize the beauty of the global Church. Maybe it was a hymn from childhood that took on new life. Maybe it was the way the whole room sang in unison and, for a moment, you felt perfectly at home even among strangers. Whatever it was, hold on to it. Let it speak to you again. Let it become a prayer in your own heart.
Healing doesn’t always happen in a moment. Sometimes it starts with a song and continues long after the last note fades.
Want to revisit the experience of interMISSION 2025 or share your reflection? We’d love to hear: What worship moment are you still holding on to?
Here are more resources to help you continue reflecting on interMISSION 2025:
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